Rice's Statement on Meetings
Between Olmert and Abbas

Text of U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's statement on the bi-weekly meetings between Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

JERUSALEM -- During this trip I have had intensive discussions with Prime Minister Olmert and President Abbas about how to move forward. There's a growing consensus behind President Bush's vision of the State of Israel and the new state of Palestine living side by...